Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Kelwin Wylie <hebrew AT wylie.ca>]

I would like to publicly thank the moderators for the work they put into
this list.

You have voluntarily taken on a task that is often thankless and your
decisions are sometimes criticized.  Your task could be compared to
trying to herd cats.  Not an easy thing to do.

Thank you for doing it.

Despite some of the issues of late and despite the fact that I rarely
have anything of value to contribute, I have derived much benefit from
the privilege of being able to listen in on some of the discussions.


Kelwin Wylie

On 05/23/2010 08:42 AM, George Athas wrote:
> Dear Members,
> 
> We are aware that the tone of some of the recent discussions have been 
> disturbing to many of you, and we appreciate your thoughts on the matter. 
> Since the inception of this list, we have always attempted to encourage 
> free discussion and have avoided any censorship of ideas. We acknowledge 
> that professional scholars as well as non-professional all have much to 
> contribute to the study of the Hebrew language in its biblical context. We 
> have also always allowed discussion to "wander" from the strictly 
> linguistic and to include historical and literary aspects of the biblical 
> text as well, as we understand that language cannot be studied without an 
> understanding of its wider context. All of this still holds true. However 
> in light of recent activity on the list, we will be keeping a slightly 
> tighter grip on the reins, and will be more active in curtailing threads 
> that seem to be going nowhere or that seem to be degrading into shouting 
> matches. We hope that all members will practic
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>  self-control and not force us to take stronger measures.
> 
> 
> GEORGE ATHAS
> YIGAL LEVIN
> KIRK LOWERY
> (Moderators)
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